NZ: Food labelling sparks debate in Parliament

by FPSCANZ on 02/06/2017

FreshPlaza: A fight nearly broke out in Parliament today over mandarins. On one side was Labour Party MP Damien O’Connor, saying that shoppers were being lied to about where their fruit came from. On the other was powerful Food and Grocery Council head, Katherine Rich, who is strongly against making it compulsory for companies to say where their food is from.

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